Mahjongman

In the original Donkey Kong game, Mario was known as "Jumpman" and was a carpenter instead of a plumber.

NOW YOU KNOW!

AND the name comes from the notoriously bad translations found in many Japanese-English dictionaries. They wanted to call it "Stubborn Ape", so they looked up "stubborn" and were given the english "donkey" and looked up "ape" and were given the english "kong."

oze6000

Mahjongman wrote:AND the name comes from the notoriously bad translations found in many Japanese-English dictionaries. They wanted to call it "Stubborn Ape", so they looked up "stubborn" and were given the english "donkey" and looked up "ape" and were given the english "kong."

The first i knew, the second i did not.

This i do know:
Mario was named after a person who was hassling the then failing Nintendo of America for rent.
Luigi was named after the group's favorite pizza parlor.

svgarcia415

I wouldn't be so sure. The population of wooters at large many times will not recognize greatness, or at least not with their wallet. I thought Alex Solis' shirt "the original b-boy" would sell out, but it didn't.

JadenKale

svgarcia415 wrote:I wouldn't be so sure. The population of wooters at large many times will not recognize greatness, or at least not with their wallet. I thought Alex Solis' shirt "the original b-boy" would sell out, but it didn't.

Artemus311

It's an angry ape sitting on a steel girder relaxing next to some barrels eating a sammich. So, is it really video game related?! ;)
Cool design! Bought.
www.1UPshirts.com has some video game related shirts, too.

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